Senior Frontend Software Engineer (Search)

Scribd; Texas; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Insurance Coverage

Parental leave

Disability plans

401k matching

Tuition Reimbursement

Wellness stipend

Mental Health resources

Scribd subscription

Job summary

Scribd is hiring a senior frontend engineer to own frontend systems at scale. You’ll collaborate with product, design, backend, and ML teams to ship end-to-end features that impact real users.

You’ll drive architecture decisions, implement robust UI patterns, and evolve the frontend platform in a performant, accessible, and reliable way. You will work in a remote-friendly, documentation-driven culture with strong emphasis on testing, maintainability, and developer experience across a large,

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional frontend software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with Next.js or similar modern web frameworks.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and React.
• Experience collaborating with product, design, and backend teams.

Responsibilities

• Build user-facing experiences powered by Machine Learning and Generative AI.
• Lead frontend architecture discussions across squads and platforms.
• Contribute to code strategy, architecture, implementation, and operation of systems.

Skills

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Next.js

Frontend architecture

Web performance

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Vercel

Webpack

Job description

Experience collaborating with backend and platform teams to define clean integration patternsStrong understanding of web performance, bundling, and optimization techniquesHands-on experience with Next.js or similar modern web frameworksDeep experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and React6+ years of professional frontend software engineering experienceHighly collaborative: partners closely with product, design, and backend to deliver end-to-end featuresComfort operating in environments with high traffic, high visibility, and real user impactStrong systems thinking, with the ability to reason about frontend architecture at scaleStrong collaboration skills and comfort working closely with both product and platform teamsFamiliarity with Microfrontend architectures, monorepos, or shared frontend platformsStrong ownership mindset, taking responsibility for frontend systems from design through long-term evolutionExcellent written and verbal communication; thrives in a remote, documentation-driven cultureLong-term perspective on maintainability, extensibility, and developer experiencePragmatic approach to modernization, balancing ideal solutions with incremental, low-risk progressComfortable working in a codebase with shared patterns (monorepos, shared UI libraries, or platform constraints) and collaborating across teamsYou invest in testing and quality practices that make large-scale migrations safe and repeatableYou think about frontend architecture as a product for other engineers, not just delivery mechanismYou’ve helped modernize frontend systems in production, not just greenfield projectsExperience working with or migrating large, complex, or legacy frontend codebasesYou consider performance, accessibility, SEO, quality, and observability as first-class concernsYou care deeply about how technical decisions affect both developers and end usersYou enjoy untangling complexity and leaving systems better than you found them

• Our cross-functional squads often involve deep collaboration with other engineering teams, designers, and product managers
• Your excellent communication, both in meetings and asynchronously via slack will be a key tool in driving success
• This role predominantly focuses on the frontend but comfort and knowledge of the full tech stack is a must as this role works closely with backend and ML engineers to build our complete product
• You will build the user-facing experiences that are powered by Machine Learning and Generative AI
• Full-cycle software development will be your primary function, but we’ll expect you to contribute in a number of ways, including advising on others’ technical design, reviewing code, participating in interviews, and mentoring less experienced engineers
• When you are building software, you’ll be doing more than just coding a ticket that is handed to you
• You’ll contribute to the code strategy, architecture, implementation, delivery, and operation of systems, end-to-end
• You’ll consider testability, upgradeability, scalability, and observability throughout the development process

Benefits

• Healthcare Insurance Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Short-term/long-term disability plans
• 401k/RSP matching
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Learning & Development programs
• Quarterly stipend for Wellness, Connectivity & Comfort
• Mental Health support & resources
• Free subscription to Scribd + gift memberships for friends & family
• Referral Bonuses
• Book Benefit
• Sabbaticals
• Company wide events
• Team engagement budgets
• Vacation & Personal Days
• Paid Holidays (+ winter break)
• Flexible Sick Time
• Volunteer Day
• Company-wide Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion programs